On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:56:02 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:

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:"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
: I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:
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: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757
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: It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
: it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
: very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
: guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
: a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
: it with my hand.
:
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:If you have cedar shingles it is normal for the edges to be damp after a
:rain. Normal to see day light on a dry day.
:
The bottom-most layer of what they tore off on Oct. 28 and 29 was cedar
shingles. Now, what I see from the attick above the skip sheathing is
1/2" CDX plywood, above which is 30# paper and then architectural
asphalt composition shingles.